Techniques for transmitting sidelink harq feedback

ABSTRACT

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a plurality of sidelink communications. The UE may identify at least a subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one or more parameters. The UE may transmit, on a sidelink, the at least the subset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationNo. 62/867,756, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, entitled “TECHNIQUES FORTRANSMITTING SIDELINK HARQ FEEDBACK,” which is hereby expresslyincorporated by reference herein.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wirelesscommunication and to techniques for transmitting sidelink hybridautomatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback.

BACKGROUND

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide varioustelecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging,and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employmultiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication withmultiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth,transmit power, and/or the like). Examples of such multiple-accesstechnologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, timedivision multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency-division multipleaccess (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency-division multiple access(OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency-division multiple access(SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multipleaccess (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE).LTE/LTE-Advanced is a set of enhancements to the Universal MobileTelecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by theThird Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

A wireless communication network may include a number of base stations(BSs) that can support communication for a number of user equipment(UEs). A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station (BS)via the downlink and uplink. The downlink (or forward link) refers tothe communication link from the BS to the UE, and the uplink (or reverselink) refers to the communication link from the UE to the BS. As will bedescribed in more detail herein, a BS may be referred to as a Node B, agNB, an access point (AP), a radio head, a transmit receive point (TRP),a New Radio (NR) BS, a 5G Node B, and/or the like.

The above multiple access technologies have been adopted in varioustelecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enablesdifferent user equipment to communicate on a municipal, national,regional, and even global level. New Radio (NR), which may also bereferred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standardpromulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). NR isdesigned to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improvingspectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use ofnew spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards usingorthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix(CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink (DL), using CP-OFDM and/or SC-FDM (e.g.,also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) onthe uplink (UL), as well as supporting beamforming, multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation.However, as the demand for mobile broadband access continues toincrease, there exists a need for further improvements in LTE and NRtechnologies. Preferably, these improvements should be applicable toother multiple access technologies and the telecommunication standardsthat employ these technologies.

SUMMARY

In some aspects, a method of wireless communication, performed by a userequipment (UE), may include determining a plurality of hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback for a plurality of sidelinkcommunications; identifying at least a subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one or moreparameters; and transmitting, on a sidelink, the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.

In a first aspect, identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying the at leastthe subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on at least one of determining that the UE is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion, determining that the UE is not permitted to transmitall of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback occasion,detecting a collision between two or more sidelink communications of theplurality of sidelink communications, or detecting a HARQ feedbackcollision in the HARQ feedback occasion. In a second aspect, alone or incombination with the first aspect, each HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises a NACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, a HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises a NACK or an ACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications. In a fourthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughthird aspects, the method further comprises identifying the HARQfeedback occasion from a plurality of periodic HARQ feedback occasionsbased at least in part on a time-domain resource location of theplurality of sidelink communications and a HARQ feedback delayparameter. In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or moreof the first through fourth aspects, the method further comprisesidentifying, for the plurality of HARQ feedback, respective sets ofsubcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion based at least in part onrespective subchannels, of the sidelink, associated with the pluralityof sidelink communications.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise at least oneof a priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications,a distance between the UE and one or more other UEs, one or more signalmeasurements associated with the one or more UEs, a frequency-domainlocation of the plurality of HARQ feedback, or a transmission modeassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications. In a seventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughsixth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise a priority associatedwith the plurality of sidelink communications, a priority associatedwith a first sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications is higher relative to a priority associated with a secondsidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining that the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is higher relative to the priority associatedwith the second sidelink communication.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is indicated in sidelink control information(SCI) associated with the first sidelink communication. In a ninthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first througheighth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise a priorityassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and a distancebetween the UE and one or more other UEs, where a priority, associatedwith a first sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority, associated with a second sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, are a samepriority, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback fromthe plurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining, based at least inpart on determining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the priority associated with the second sidelinkcommunication are the same priority, whether a distance between the UEand a first other UE of the one or more other UEs is shorter relative toa distance between the UE and a second other UE of the one or more otherUEs and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the distance between theUE and the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance betweenthe UE and the second other UE.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UEand the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance between theUE and the second other UE comprises determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thedistance between the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative tothe distance between the UE and the second other UE. In an eleventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughtenth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UE and thefirst other UE is shorter relative to the distance between the UE andthe second other UE comprises determining that the distance between theUE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to the distancebetween the UE and the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQfeedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifying the secondHARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, andone or more measurements associated with one or more other UEs, where apriority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a signal strength measurement associated with a first other UEof the one or more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strengthmeasurement associated with a second other UE of the one or more otherUEs and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UEcomprises determining that the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE. In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, determining whetherthe signal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE comprises determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE,and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is not greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, where a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the priority associated with the second sidelinkcommunication are the same priority, the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback based at least in part on a transmission modeassociated with the first sidelink communication and a transmission modeassociated with the second sidelink communication. In a sixteenthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughfifteenth aspects, the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication comprise at least one of a unicasttransmission mode, a groupcast transmission mode, a multicasttransmission mode, or a broadcast transmission mode.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, where apriority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback minimizes anumber of HARQ feedback clusters in the HARQ feedback occasion andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback minimizes the number of HARQ feedback clusters inthe HARQ feedback occasion.

In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventeenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying a first HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback or a second HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on atransmission mode associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, associated with the first HARQfeedback and a transmission mode associated with a second sidelinkcommunication, of the plurality of sidelink communications, associatedwith the second HARQ feedback.

In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eighteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on apriority associated with the first sidelink communication and a priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication.

In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through nineteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and one or more other UEs,a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, and a transmission mode,associated with a second sidelink communication of the plurality ofsidelink communications, are a same transmission mode, and identifyingthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback comprises determining, based at least in part on determiningthat the transmission mode associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the transmission mode associated with the secondsidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether adistance between the UE and a first other UE of the one or more otherUEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and a second otherUE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the first HARQ feedbackor the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on determiningwhether the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twentieth aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-first aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isnot shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-second aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with one or moreother UEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether asignal strength measurement associated with a first other UE of the oneor more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strength measurementassociated with a second other UE of the one or more other UEs andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-third aspects, determining whether the signalstrength measurement associated with the first other UE is greaterrelative to the signal strength measurement associated with the secondother UE comprises determining that the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE. In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone orin combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourthaspects, determining whether the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE comprises determiningthat the signal strength measurement associated with the first other UEis not greater relative to the signal strength measurement associatedwith the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises identifying the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more parametersinclude a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a respective priority, associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications, is indicated in a respective SCIassociated with each of the plurality of sidelink communications. In atwenty-seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twenty-sixth aspects, the one or more parameters includerespective priorities associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying, for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback,HARQ feedback associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, having a highest priority, andidentifying for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback, HARQ feedbackassociated with one or more second sidelink communications, of theplurality of sidelink communications, in an order of decreasing priorityuntil the at least the subset of HARQ feedback fills a number of HARQfeedback that the UE is capable of transmitting in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

In some aspects, a UE for wireless communication may include memory andone or more processors operatively coupled to the memory. The memory andthe one or more processors may be configured to determine a plurality ofHARQ feedback for a plurality of sidelink communications; identify atleast a subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on one or more parameters; and transmit, on asidelink, the at least the subset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedbackoccasion.

In a first aspect, identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying the at leastthe subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on at least one of determining that the UE is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion, determining that the UE is not permitted to transmitall of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback occasion,detecting a collision between two or more sidelink communications of theplurality of sidelink communications, or detecting a HARQ feedbackcollision in the HARQ feedback occasion. In a second aspect, alone or incombination with the first aspect, each HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises a NACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, a HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises a NACK or an ACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications. In a fourthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughthird aspects, the one or more processors are further to identify theHARQ feedback occasion from a plurality of periodic HARQ feedbackoccasions based at least in part on a time-domain resource location ofthe plurality of sidelink communications and a HARQ feedback delayparameter. In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or moreof the first through fourth aspects, the one or more processors arefurther to identify, for the plurality of HARQ feedback, respective setsof subcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion based at least in part onrespective subchannels, of the sidelink, associated with the pluralityof sidelink communications.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise at least oneof a priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications,a distance between the UE and the one or more other UEs, one or moresignal measurements associated with the one or more UEs, afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, or atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications. In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one ormore of the first through sixth aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a priority associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications is higherrelative to a priority associated with a second sidelink communicationof the plurality of sidelink communications, and identifying the atleast the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication is higher relative to the priority associated with thesecond sidelink communication.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is indicated in SCI associated with the firstsidelink communication. In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through eighth aspects, the one or moreparameters comprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and the one or more otherUEs, where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associatedwith a second sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a distance between the UE and a first other UE of the one ormore other UEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and asecond other UE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining whether the distance between the UE and the first other UEis shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UEand the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance between theUE and the second other UE comprises determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thedistance between the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative tothe distance between the UE and the second other UE. In an eleventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughtenth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UE and thefirst other UE is shorter relative to the distance between the UE andthe second other UE comprises determining that the distance between theUE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to the distancebetween the UE and the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQfeedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifying the secondHARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, andone or more measurements associated with the one or more other UEs,where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a signal strength measurement associated with a first other UEof the one or more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strengthmeasurement associated with a second other UE of the one or more otherUEs and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UEcomprises determining that the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE. In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, determining whetherthe signal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE comprises determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE,and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is not greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, where a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the priority associated with the second sidelinkcommunication are the same priority, the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback based at least in part on a transmission modeassociated with the first sidelink communication and a transmission modeassociated with the second sidelink communication. In a sixteenthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughfifteenth aspects, the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication comprise at least one of a unicasttransmission mode, a groupcast transmission mode, a multicasttransmission mode, or a broadcast transmission mode.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, where apriority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback minimizes anumber of HARQ feedback clusters in the HARQ feedback occasion andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback minimizes the number of HARQ feedback clusters inthe HARQ feedback occasion.

In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventeenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying a first HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback or a second HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on atransmission mode associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, associated with the first HARQfeedback and a transmission mode associated with a second sidelinkcommunication, of the plurality of sidelink communications, associatedwith the second HARQ feedback.

In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eighteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on apriority associated with the first sidelink communication and a priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication.

In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through nineteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and the one or more otherUEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelink communicationof the plurality of sidelink communications, and a transmission mode,associated with a second sidelink communication of the plurality ofsidelink communications, are a same transmission mode, and identifyingthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback comprises determining, based at least in part on determiningthat the transmission mode associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the transmission mode associated with the secondsidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether adistance between the UE and a first other UE of the one or more otherUEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and a second otherUE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the first HARQ feedbackor the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on determiningwhether the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twentieth aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-first aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isnot shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-second aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with the one ormore other UEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether asignal strength measurement associated with a first other UE of the oneor more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strength measurementassociated with a second other UE of the one or more other UEs andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-third aspects, determining whether the signalstrength measurement associated with the first other UE is greaterrelative to the signal strength measurement associated with the secondother UE comprises determining that the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE. In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone orin combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourthaspects, determining whether the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE comprises determiningthat the signal strength measurement associated with the first other UEis not greater relative to the signal strength measurement associatedwith the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises identifying the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more parametersinclude a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a respective priority, associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications, is indicated in a respective SCIassociated with each of the plurality of sidelink communications. In atwenty-seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twenty-sixth aspects, the one or more parameters includerespective priorities associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying, for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback,HARQ feedback associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, having a highest priority, andidentifying for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback, HARQ feedbackassociated with one or more second sidelink communications, of theplurality of sidelink communications, in an order of decreasing priorityuntil the at least the subset of HARQ feedback fills a number of HARQfeedback that the UE is capable of transmitting in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store oneor more instructions for wireless communication. The one or moreinstructions, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, may causethe one or more processors to determine a plurality of HARQ feedback fora plurality of sidelink communications; identify at least a subset ofHARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in parton one or more parameters; and transmit, on a sidelink, the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.

In a first aspect, identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying the at leastthe subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on at least one of determining that the UE is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion, determining that the UE is not permitted to transmitall of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback occasion,detecting a collision between two or more sidelink communications of theplurality of sidelink communications, or detecting a HARQ feedbackcollision in the HARQ feedback occasion. In a second aspect, alone or incombination with the first aspect, each HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises a NACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, a HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises a NACK or an ACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications. In a fourthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughthird aspects, the one or more instructions, when executed by the one ormore processors, cause the one or more processors to identify the HARQfeedback occasion from a plurality of periodic HARQ feedback occasionsbased at least in part on a time-domain resource location of theplurality of sidelink communications and a HARQ feedback delayparameter. In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or moreof the first through fourth aspects, the one or more instructions, whenexecuted by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processorsto identify, for the plurality of HARQ feedback, respective sets ofsubcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion based at least in part onrespective subchannels, of the sidelink, associated with the pluralityof sidelink communications.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise at least oneof a priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications,a distance between the UE and the one or more other UEs, one or moresignal measurements associated with the one or more UEs, afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, or atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications. In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one ormore of the first through sixth aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a priority associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications is higherrelative to a priority associated with a second sidelink communicationof the plurality of sidelink communications, and identifying the atleast the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication is higher relative to the priority associated with thesecond sidelink communication.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is indicated in SCI associated with the firstsidelink communication. In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through eighth aspects, the one or moreparameters comprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and the one or more otherUEs, where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associatedwith a second sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a distance between the UE and a first other UE of the one ormore other UEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and asecond other UE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining whether the distance between the UE and the first other UEis shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UEand the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance between theUE and the second other UE comprises determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thedistance between the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative tothe distance between the UE and the second other UE. In an eleventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughtenth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UE and thefirst other UE is shorter relative to the distance between the UE andthe second other UE comprises determining that the distance between theUE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to the distancebetween the UE and the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQfeedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifying the secondHARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, andone or more measurements associated with the one or more other UEs,where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a signal strength measurement associated with a first other UEof the one or more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strengthmeasurement associated with a second other UE of the one or more otherUEs and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UEcomprises determining that the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE. In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, determining whetherthe signal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE comprises determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE,and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is not greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, where a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the priority associated with the second sidelinkcommunication are the same priority, the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback based at least in part on a transmission modeassociated with the first sidelink communication and a transmission modeassociated with the second sidelink communication. In a sixteenthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughfifteenth aspects, the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication comprise at least one of a unicasttransmission mode, a groupcast transmission mode, a multicasttransmission mode, or a broadcast transmission mode.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, a priority,associated with a first sidelink communication of the plurality ofsidelink communications, and a priority, associated with a secondsidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications, area same priority, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining,based at least in part on determining that the priority associated withthe first sidelink communication and the priority associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same priority, whether the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback minimizes a number of HARQfeedback clusters in the HARQ feedback occasion and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in parton determining whether the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQfeedback minimizes the number of HARQ feedback clusters in the HARQfeedback occasion.

In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventeenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying a first HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback or a second HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on atransmission mode associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, associated with the first HARQfeedback and a transmission mode associated with a second sidelinkcommunication, of the plurality of sidelink communications, associatedwith the second HARQ feedback.

In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eighteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on apriority associated with the first sidelink communication and a priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication.

In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through nineteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and the one or more otherUEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelink communicationof the plurality of sidelink communications, and a transmission mode,associated with a second sidelink communication of the plurality ofsidelink communications, are a same transmission mode, and identifyingthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback comprises determining, based at least in part on determiningthat the transmission mode associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the transmission mode associated with the secondsidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether adistance between the UE and a first other UE of the one or more otherUEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and a second otherUE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the first HARQ feedbackor the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on determiningwhether the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twentieth aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-first aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isnot shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-second aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with the one ormore other UEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether asignal strength measurement associated with a first other UE of the oneor more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strength measurementassociated with a second other UE of the one or more other UEs andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-third aspects, determining whether the signalstrength measurement associated with the first other UE is greaterrelative to the signal strength measurement associated with the secondother UE comprises determining that the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE. In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone orin combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourthaspects, determining whether the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE comprises determiningthat the signal strength measurement associated with the first other UEis not greater relative to the signal strength measurement associatedwith the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises identifying the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more parametersinclude a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a respective priority, associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications, is indicated in a respective SCIassociated with each of the plurality of sidelink communications. In atwenty-seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twenty-sixth aspects, the one or more parameters includerespective priorities associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying, for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback,HARQ feedback associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, having a highest priority, andidentifying for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback, HARQ feedbackassociated with one or more second sidelink communications, of theplurality of sidelink communications, in an order of decreasing priorityuntil the at least the subset of HARQ feedback fills a number of HARQfeedback that the UE is capable of transmitting in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication may includemeans for determining a plurality of HARQ feedback for a plurality ofsidelink communications; means for identifying at least a subset of HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part onone or more parameters; and means for transmitting, on a sidelink, theat least the subset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.

In a first aspect, identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying the at leastthe subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on at least one of determining that the UE is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion, determining that the UE is not permitted to transmitall of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback occasion,detecting a collision between two or more sidelink communications of theplurality of sidelink communications, or detecting a HARQ feedbackcollision in the HARQ feedback occasion. In a second aspect, alone or incombination with the first aspect, each HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises a NACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, a HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises a NACK or an ACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications. In a fourthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughthird aspects, the apparatus include means for identifying the HARQfeedback occasion from a plurality of periodic HARQ feedback occasionsbased at least in part on a time-domain resource location of theplurality of sidelink communications and a HARQ feedback delayparameter. In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or moreof the first through fourth aspects, the apparatus includes means foridentifying, for the plurality of HARQ feedback, respective sets ofsubcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion based at least in part onrespective subchannels, of the sidelink, associated with the pluralityof sidelink communications.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise at least oneof a priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications,a distance between the UE and the one or more other UEs, one or moresignal measurements associated with the one or more UEs, afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, or atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications. In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one ormore of the first through sixth aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a priority associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications is higherrelative to a priority associated with a second sidelink communicationof the plurality of sidelink communications, and identifying the atleast the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication is higher relative to the priority associated with thesecond sidelink communication.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is indicated in SCI associated with the firstsidelink communication. In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through eighth aspects, the one or moreparameters comprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and the one or more otherUEs, where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associatedwith a second sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a distance between the UE and a first other UE of the one ormore other UEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and asecond other UE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining whether the distance between the UE and the first other UEis shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UEand the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance between theUE and the second other UE comprises determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thedistance between the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative tothe distance between the UE and the second other UE. In an eleventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughtenth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UE and thefirst other UE is shorter relative to the distance between the UE andthe second other UE comprises determining that the distance between theUE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to the distancebetween the UE and the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQfeedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifying the secondHARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, andone or more measurements associated with the one or more other UEs,where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a signal strength measurement associated with a first other UEof the one or more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strengthmeasurement associated with a second other UE of the one or more otherUEs and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UEcomprises determining that the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE. In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, determining whetherthe signal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE comprises determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE,and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is not greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, where a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the priority associated with the second sidelinkcommunication are the same priority, the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback based at least in part on a transmission modeassociated with the first sidelink communication and a transmission modeassociated with the second sidelink communication. In a sixteenthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughfifteenth aspects, the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication comprise at least one of a unicasttransmission mode, a groupcast transmission mode, a multicasttransmission mode, or a broadcast transmission mode.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, where apriority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback minimizes anumber of HARQ feedback clusters in the HARQ feedback occasion andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback minimizes the number of HARQ feedback clusters inthe HARQ feedback occasion.

In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventeenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying a first HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback or a second HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on atransmission mode associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, associated with the first HARQfeedback and a transmission mode associated with a second sidelinkcommunication, of the plurality of sidelink communications, associatedwith the second HARQ feedback.

In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eighteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on apriority associated with the first sidelink communication and a priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication.

In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through nineteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and the one or more otherUEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelink communicationof the plurality of sidelink communications, and a transmission mode,associated with a second sidelink communication of the plurality ofsidelink communications, are a same transmission mode, and identifyingthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback comprises determining, based at least in part on determiningthat the transmission mode associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the transmission mode associated with the secondsidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether adistance between the UE and a first other UE of the one or more otherUEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and a second otherUE of the one or more other UEs and identifying the first HARQ feedbackor the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on determiningwhether the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twentieth aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-first aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isnot shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-second aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with the one ormore other UEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether asignal strength measurement associated with a first other UE of the oneor more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strength measurementassociated with a second other UE of the one or more other UEs andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-third aspects, determining whether the signalstrength measurement associated with the first other UE is greaterrelative to the signal strength measurement associated with the secondother UE comprises determining that the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE. In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone orin combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourthaspects, determining whether the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE comprises determiningthat the signal strength measurement associated with the first other UEis not greater relative to the signal strength measurement associatedwith the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises identifying the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more parametersinclude a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a respective priority, associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications, is indicated in a respective SCIassociated with each of the plurality of sidelink communications. In atwenty-seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twenty-sixth aspects, the one or more parameters includerespective priorities associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying, for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback,HARQ feedback associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, having a highest priority, andidentifying for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback, HARQ feedbackassociated with one or more second sidelink communications, of theplurality of sidelink communications, in an order of decreasing priorityuntil the at least the subset of HARQ feedback fills a number of HARQfeedback that the UE is capable of transmitting in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer programproduct, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, basestation, wireless communication device, and/or processing system assubstantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated bythe accompanying drawings, specification, and appendix.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technicaladvantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that thedetailed description that follows may be better understood. Additionalfeatures and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conceptionand specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis formodifying or designing other structures for carrying out the samepurposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do notdepart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of theconcepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method ofoperation, together with associated advantages will be better understoodfrom the following description when considered in connection with theaccompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purposesof illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limitsof the claims.

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So that the above-recited features of the present disclosure can beunderstood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarizedabove, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustratedin the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appendeddrawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure andare therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for thedescription may admit to other equally effective aspects. The samereference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similarelements.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of awireless communication network, in accordance with various aspects ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a basestation in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wirelesscommunication network, in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of aframe structure in a wireless communication network, in accordance withvarious aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3B is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an examplesynchronization communication hierarchy in a wireless communicationnetwork, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 4A-4F are diagrams illustrating one or more examples oftransmitting sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback,in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, forexample, by a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual data flow diagram illustrating data flows betweendifferent modules/means/components in an example apparatus, inaccordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafterwith reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may,however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construedas limited to any specific structure or function presented throughoutthis disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that thisdisclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey thescope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on theteachings herein one skilled in the art should appreciate that the scopeof the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosuredisclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or combined withany other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may beimplemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspectsset forth herein. In addition, the scope of the disclosure is intendedto cover such an apparatus or method which is practiced using otherstructure, functionality, or structure and functionality in addition toor other than the various aspects of the disclosure set forth herein. Itshould be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed hereinmay be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.

Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented withreference to various apparatuses and techniques. These apparatuses andtechniques will be described in the following detailed description andillustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules,components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, and/or the like(collectively referred to as “elements”). These elements may beimplemented using hardware, software, or combinations thereof. Whethersuch elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon theparticular application and design constraints imposed on the overallsystem.

It should be noted that while aspects may be described herein usingterminology commonly associated with 3G and/or 4G wireless technologies,aspects of the present disclosure can be applied in othergeneration-based communication systems, such as 5G and later, includingNR technologies.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless network 100 in which aspectsof the present disclosure may be practiced. The wireless network 100 maybe an LTE network or some other wireless network, such as a 5G or NRnetwork. The wireless network 100 may include a number of BSs 110 (shownas BS 110 a, BS 110 b, BS 110 c, and BS 110 d) and other networkentities. ABS is an entity that communicates with user equipment (UEs)and may also be referred to as a base station, a NR BS, a Node B, a gNB,a 5G node B (NB), an access point, a transmit receive point (TRP),and/or the like. Each BS may provide communication coverage for aparticular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to acoverage area of a BS and/or a BS subsystem serving this coverage area,depending on the context in which the term is used.

A BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, afemto cell, and/or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover arelatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius)and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. Apico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allowunrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A femto cell maycover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allowrestricted access by UEs having association with the femto cell (e.g.,UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). ABS for a macro cell may bereferred to as a macro BS. ABS for a pico cell may be referred to as apico BS. A BS for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or ahome BS. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a BS 110 a may be a macro BSfor a macro cell 102 a, a BS 110 b may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b, and a BS 110 c may be a femto BS for a femto cell 102 c. A BS maysupport one or multiple (e.g., three) cells. The terms “eNB”, “basestation”, “NR BS”, “gNB”, “TRP”, “AP”, “node B”, “5G NB”, and “cell” maybe used interchangeably herein.

In some aspects, a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and thegeographic area of the cell may move according to the location of amobile BS. In some aspects, the BSs may be interconnected to one anotherand/or to one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in thewireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces suchas a direct physical connection, a virtual network, and/or the likeusing any suitable transport network.

Wireless network 100 may also include relay stations. A relay station isan entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstreamstation (e.g., a BS or a UE) and send a transmission of the data to adownstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS). A relay station may also be aUE that can relay transmissions for other UEs. In the example shown inFIG. 1, a relay station 110 d may communicate with macro BS 110 a and aUE 120 d in order to facilitate communication between BS 110 a and UE120 d. A relay station may also be referred to as a relay BS, a relaybase station, a relay, and/or the like.

Wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes BSs ofdifferent types, e.g., macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, and/orthe like. These different types of BSs may have different transmit powerlevels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interferencein wireless network 100. For example, macro BSs may have a high transmitpower level (e.g., 5 to 40 watts) whereas pico BSs, femto BSs, and relayBSs may have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

A network controller 130 may couple to a set of BSs and may providecoordination and control for these BSs. Network controller 130 maycommunicate with the BSs via a backhaul. The BSs may also communicatewith one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via a wireless orwireline backhaul.

UEs 120 (e.g., 120 a, 120 b, 120 c) may be dispersed throughout wirelessnetwork 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. A UE maycommunicate with one or more BSs in wireless network 100, maycommunicate directly with another UE (e.g., UE 120 a and UE 120 e, asillustrated in FIG. 1) via a sidelink, and/or the like. A UE may also bereferred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, asubscriber unit, a station, and/or the like. A UE may be a cellularphone (e.g., a smart phone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), awireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, alaptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station,a tablet, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, anultrabook, a medical device or equipment, biometric sensors/devices,wearable devices (smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smartwrist bands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart ring, smart bracelet)), anentertainment device (e.g., a music or video device, or a satelliteradio), a vehicular component or sensor, smart meters/sensors,industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device,or any other suitable device that is configured to communicate via awireless or wired medium.

Some UEs may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolvedor enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC and eMTC UEsinclude, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters,monitors, location tags, and/or the like, that may communicate with abase station, another device (e.g., remote device), or some otherentity. A wireless node may provide, for example, connectivity for or toa network (e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellularnetwork) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some UEs may beconsidered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, and/or may be implementedas NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices. Some UEs may beconsidered a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). UE 120 may be includedinside a housing that houses components of UE 120, such as processorcomponents, memory components, and/or the like.

In general, any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a givengeographic area. Each wireless network may support a particular RAT andmay operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may also be referred to asa radio technology, an air interface, and/or the like. A frequency mayalso be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, and/or the like.Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area inorder to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs.In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

In some aspects, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120 a and UE 120e) may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (e.g.,without using a base station 110 as an intermediary to communicate withone another). For example, the UEs 120 may communicate usingpeer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D)communications, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (e.g., which mayinclude a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I) protocol, and/or the like), a mesh network, and/or the like. Inthis case, the UE 120 may perform scheduling operations, resourceselection operations, and/or other operations described elsewhere hereinas being performed by the base station 110.

As indicated above, FIG. 1 is provided as an example. Other examples maydiffer from what is described with regard to FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a design 200 of base station 110 and UE120, which may be one of the base stations and one of the UEs in FIG. 1.Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234 a through 234 t,and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252 a through 252 r, where ingeneral T≥1 and R≥1.

At base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data from adata source 212 for one or more UEs, select one or more modulation andcoding schemes (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on channelquality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encodeand modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS(s)selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmitprocessor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-staticresource partitioning information (SRPI) and/or the like) and controlinformation (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, and/orthe like) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. Transmitprocessor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals(e.g., the cell-specific reference signal (CRS)) and synchronizationsignals (e.g., the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondarysynchronization signal (SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing(e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overheadsymbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide Toutput symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232 a through 232 t. Eachmodulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., forOFDM and/or the like) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, andupconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. Tdownlink signals from modulators 232 a through 232 t may be transmittedvia T antennas 234 a through 234 t, respectively. According to variousaspects described in more detail below, the synchronization signals canbe generated with location encoding to convey additional information.

At UE 120, antennas 252 a through 252 r may receive the downlink signalsfrom base station 110 and/or other base stations and may providereceived signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254 a through 254 r,respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify,downconvert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples.Each demodulator 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., forOFDM and/or the like) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254 a through 254 r,perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, andprovide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process (e.g.,demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information andsystem information to a controller/processor 280. A channel processormay determine reference signal received power (RSRP), received signalstrength indicator (RSSI), reference signal received quality (RSRQ),channel quality indicator (CQI), and/or the like. In some aspects, oneor more components of UE 120 may be included in a housing.

On the uplink, at UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive andprocess data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., forreports comprising RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, and/or the like) fromcontroller/processor 280. Transmit processor 264 may also generatereference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols fromtransmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 ifapplicable, further processed by modulators 254 a through 254 r (e.g.,for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and/or the like), and transmitted to basestation 110. At base station 110, the uplink signals from UE 120 andother UEs may be received by antennas 234, processed by demodulators232, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and furtherprocessed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and controlinformation sent by UE 120. Receive processor 238 may provide thedecoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information tocontroller/processor 240. Base station 110 may include communicationunit 244 and communicate to network controller 130 via communicationunit 244. Network controller 130 may include communication unit 294,controller/processor 290, and memory 292.

Controller/processor 240 of base station 110, controller/processor 280of UE 120, and/or any other component(s) of FIG. 2 may perform one ormore techniques associated with transmitting sidelink hybrid automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback, as described in more detail elsewhereherein. For example, controller/processor 240 of base station 110,controller/processor 280 of UE 120, and/or any other component(s) ofFIG. 2 may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 500 ofFIG. 5 and/or other processes as described herein. Memories 242 and 282may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120,respectively. In some aspects, memory 242 and/or memory 282 may comprisea non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or moreinstructions for wireless communication. For example, the one or moreinstructions, when executed by one or more processors of the basestation 110 and/or the UE 120, may perform or direction operations of,for example, process 500 of FIG. 5 and/or other processes as describedherein. A scheduler 246 may schedule UEs for data transmission on thedownlink and/or uplink.

In some aspects, UE 120 may include means for determining a plurality ofHARQ feedback for a plurality of sidelink communications, means foridentifying at least a subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality ofHARQ feedback based at least in part on one or more parameters, meansfor transmitting, on a sidelink, the at least the subset of HARQfeedback in a HARQ feedback occasion, and/or the like. In some aspects,such means may include one or more components of UE 120 described inconnection with FIG. 2, such as controller/processor 280, transmitprocessor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, MOD 254, antenna 252, DEMOD 254,MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, and/or the like.

As indicated above, FIG. 2 is provided as an example. Other examples maydiffer from what is described with regard to FIG. 2.

FIG. 3A shows an example frame structure 300 for frequency divisionduplexing (FDD) in a telecommunications system (e.g., NR). Thetransmission timeline for each of the downlink and uplink may bepartitioned into units of radio frames (sometimes referred to asframes). Each radio frame may have a predetermined duration (e.g., 10milliseconds (ms)) and may be partitioned into a set of Z (Z≥1)subframes (e.g., with indices of 0 through Z−1). Each subframe may havea predetermined duration (e.g., 1 ms) and may include a set of slots(e.g., 2^(m) slots per subframe are shown in FIG. 3A, where m is anumerology used for a transmission, such as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and/or thelike). Each slot may include a set of L symbol periods. For example,each slot may include fourteen symbol periods (e.g., as shown in FIG.3A), seven symbol periods, or another number of symbol periods. In acase where the subframe includes two slots (e.g., when m=1), thesubframe may include 2L symbol periods, where the 2L symbol periods ineach subframe may be assigned indices of 0 through 2L−1. In someaspects, a scheduling unit for the FDD may be frame-based,subframe-based, slot-based, symbol-based, and/or the like.

While some techniques are described herein in connection with frames,subframes, slots, and/or the like, these techniques may equally apply toother types of wireless communication structures, which may be referredto using terms other than “frame,” “subframe,” “slot,” and/or the likein 5G NR. In some aspects, a periodic time-bounded communication unitdefined by a wireless communication standard and/or protocol may bereferred to as a wireless communication structure. Additionally, oralternatively, different configurations of wireless communicationstructures than those shown in FIG. 3A may be used.

In some aspects, a UE (e.g., UE 120 a, UE 120 e, and/or the like) maytransmit, to another UE (e.g., UE 120 a, UE 120 e, and/or the like) andon a sidelink, one or more sidelink communications. The UE may transmitthe one or more sidelink communications in one or more slots included ina frame structure 300, in one or more subcarriers or subchannelsincluded in a frame structure 300, and/or the like. In some aspects, theother UE may receive the one or more sidelink communications, maygenerate HARQ feedback for the one or more sidelink communications, mayincorporate the HARQ feedback into one or more HARQ feedbackcommunications, and may transmit, to the UE and on the sidelink, the oneor more HARQ feedback communications in a reporting period or HARQoccasion, in a frame structure 300, configured for the sidelink.

In certain telecommunications (e.g., NR), a base station may transmitsynchronization signals. For example, a base station may transmit aprimary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal(SSS), and/or the like, on the downlink for each cell supported by thebase station. The PSS and SSS may be used by UEs for cell search andacquisition. For example, the PSS may be used by UEs to determine symboltiming, and the SSS may be used by UEs to determine a physical cellidentifier, associated with the base station, and frame timing. The basestation may also transmit a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The PBCHmay carry some system information, such as system information thatsupports initial access by UEs.

In some aspects, the base station may transmit the PSS, the SSS, and/orthe PBCH in accordance with a synchronization communication hierarchy(e.g., a synchronization signal (SS) hierarchy) including multiplesynchronization communications (e.g., SS blocks), as described below inconnection with FIG. 3B.

FIG. 3B is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example SShierarchy, which is an example of a synchronization communicationhierarchy. As shown in FIG. 3B, the SS hierarchy may include an SS burstset, which may include a plurality of SS bursts (identified as SS burst0 through SS burst B−1, where B is a maximum number of repetitions ofthe SS burst that may be transmitted by the base station). As furthershown, each SS burst may include one or more SS blocks (identified as SSblock 0 through SS block (b_(max_SS)−1), where b_(max_SS)−1 is a maximumnumber of SS blocks that can be carried by an SS burst). In someaspects, different SS blocks may be beam-formed differently. An SS burstset may be periodically transmitted by a wireless node, such as every Xmilliseconds, as shown in FIG. 3B. In some aspects, an SS burst set mayhave a fixed or dynamic length, shown as Y milliseconds in FIG. 3B.

The SS burst set shown in FIG. 3B is an example of a synchronizationcommunication set, and other synchronization communication sets may beused in connection with the techniques described herein. Furthermore,the SS block shown in FIG. 3B is an example of a synchronizationcommunication, and other synchronization communications may be used inconnection with the techniques described herein.

In some aspects, an SS block includes resources that carry the PSS, theSSS, the PBCH, and/or other synchronization signals (e.g., a tertiarysynchronization signal (TSS)) and/or synchronization channels. In someaspects, multiple SS blocks are included in an SS burst, and the PSS,the SSS, and/or the PBCH may be the same across each SS block of the SSburst. In some aspects, a single SS block may be included in an SSburst. In some aspects, the SS block may be at least four symbol periodsin length, where each symbol carries one or more of the PSS (e.g.,occupying one symbol), the SSS (e.g., occupying one symbol), and/or thePBCH (e.g., occupying two symbols).

In some aspects, the symbols of an SS block are consecutive, as shown inFIG. 3B. In some aspects, the symbols of an SS block arenon-consecutive. Similarly, in some aspects, one or more SS blocks ofthe SS burst may be transmitted in consecutive radio resources (e.g.,consecutive symbol periods) during one or more slots. Additionally, oralternatively, one or more SS blocks of the SS burst may be transmittedin non-consecutive radio resources.

In some aspects, the SS bursts may have a burst period, whereby the SSblocks of the SS burst are transmitted by the base station according tothe burst period. In other words, the SS blocks may be repeated duringeach SS burst. In some aspects, the SS burst set may have a burst setperiodicity, whereby the SS bursts of the SS burst set are transmittedby the base station according to the fixed burst set periodicity. Inother words, the SS bursts may be repeated during each SS burst set.

The base station may transmit system information, such as systeminformation blocks (SIBs) on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)in certain slots. The base station may transmit control information/dataon a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in C symbol periods of aslot, where B may be configurable for each slot. The base station maytransmit traffic data and/or other data on the PDSCH in the remainingsymbol periods of each slot.

As indicated above, FIGS. 3A and 3B are provided as examples. Otherexamples may differ from what is described with regard to FIGS. 3A and3B.

In some cases, two or more subordinate entities (e.g., UEs) maycommunicate with each other using sidelink signals. Real-worldapplications of such sidelink communications may include public safety,proximity services, UE-to-network relaying, V2X communications, Internetof Everything (IoE) communications, IoT communications, mission-criticalmesh, and/or various other suitable applications. A communication thatis transmitted from one subordinate entity (e.g., UE1) to anothersubordinate entity (e.g., UE2) without relaying that communicationthrough a scheduling entity (e.g., UE or BS), even though the schedulingentity may be utilized for scheduling and/or control purposes, may bereferred to as a sidelink communication. In some examples, a sidelinkcommunication may be transmitted using a licensed frequency spectrum, anunlicensed frequency spectrum (e.g., an industrial, scientific andmedical (ISM) radio band, such as 5 GHz, that is reserved for purposesother than cellular communication such as Wi-Fi).

In some cases, a UE may provide, to another UE, feedback associated witha sidelink communication that was received from the other UE on asidelink between the UE and the other UE. The feedback may include, forexample, HARQ feedback (e.g., an acknowledgment (ACK) or a negativeacknowledgement (NACK) for the sidelink communication). The UE maytransmit the HARQ feedback in one or more HARQ feedback communicationson the sidelink. In some cases, a frame structure for the sidelink mayinclude a HARQ feedback occasion that may be used for transmitting theone or more HARQ feedback communications. Unlike a cellularcommunication link with a BS, where the UE may provide HARQ feedback toa single BS, the UE may be permitted to provide HARQ feedback to aplurality of UEs on a sidelink in a HARQ feedback occasion. However, ifthe UE is scheduled to provide a greater quantity of HARQ feedback thanthe UE is capable and/or permitted to transmit in a HARQ feedbackoccasion, the UE may be unable to determine which HARQ feedback totransmit in the HARQ feedback occasion.

Some aspects described herein provide techniques and apparatuses fortransmitting sidelink HARQ feedback. In some aspects, a UE may receive aplurality of sidelink communications on a sidelink. If the UE determinesthat the UE is not capable and/or permitted to transmit HARQ feedbackfor all of the sidelink communications in a HARQ feedback occasion, theUE may identify a subset of HARQ feedback to transmit in the HARQfeedback occasion using the techniques described herein. In this way,the UE is capable of multiplexing HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedbackoccasion, is capable of identifying subsets of HARQ feedback tomultiplex in a HARQ feedback occasion, and/or the like.

FIGS. 4A-4F are diagrams illustrating one or more examples 400 oftransmitting sidelink HARQ feedback, in accordance with various aspectsof the present disclosure. As shown in FIGS. 4A-4F, examples 400 mayinclude a plurality of UEs (e.g., UE 120), such as UE1 and UE2. However,in some aspects, a greater quantity of UEs may be included in examples400. UE1 and UE2 may be included in a wireless network (e.g., wirelessnetwork 100) and may communicate via a sidelink. In some aspects, thesidelink may be configured with a frame structure, such as a framestructure 300 of FIG. 3A and/or another sidelink frame structure.

As shown in FIG. 4A, and by reference number 402, UE1 and UE2 maycommunicate via the sidelink by transmitting and/or receiving sidelinkcommunications via the sidelink. For example, UE1 may receive aplurality of sidelink communications on the sidelink from one or moreUEs that include UE2. In some aspects, UE1 may receive the plurality ofsidelink communications on the sidelink from a plurality of UEs thatinclude UE2. In this case, each UE of the plurality of UEs may transmitone or more sidelink communications of the plurality of the sidelinkcommunications to UE1.

In some aspects, the plurality of sidelink communications may betransmitted on one or more channels or subchannels of the sidelink. Inthis case, each sidelink communication may be transmitted in one or moretime-domain resources (e.g., across one or more slots, across one ormore symbols, and/or the like) and/or in one or more frequency-domainresources (e.g., in a subchannel of the frequency bandwidth of thesidelink). In some aspects, a subchannel may include a plurality ofsubcarriers of the frequency bandwidth sidelink, one or more resourceblocks of the frequency bandwidth of the sidelink, and/or the like.

As further shown in FIG. 4A, and by reference number 404, UE1 maydetermine a plurality of HARQ feedback for the plurality of sidelinkcommunications. The HARQ feedback, for a sidelink communication, mayinclude an ACK or NACK. An ACK may indicate, to the transmitter of thesidelink communication (e.g., UE2 or another UE), that the sidelinkcommunication was successfully received and decoded. A NACK mayindicate, to the transmitter of the sidelink communication (e.g., UE2 oranother UE), that the sidelink communication was not successfullyreceived and/or decoded. In some aspects, UE1 may determine the HARQfeedback to be an ACK if UE1 is capable of decoding both the controlinformation (e.g., sidelink control information (SCI)) of the sidelinkcommunication and the corresponding data of the sidelink communication.In some aspects, UE1 may determine the HARQ feedback to be a NACK if UE1is not capable of decoding the control information (e.g., SCI) of thesidelink communication, the corresponding data of the sidelinkcommunication, or both the control information and the correspondingdata.

In some aspects, UE1 and UE2 may communicate using an ACK/NACK HARQfeedback configuration, in which a receiver UE (e.g., UE1 or UE2) is totransmit an ACK based at least in part on successfully receiving anddecoding a sidelink communication from a transmitter UE (e.g., UE1 orUE2), and is to transmit a NACK for a sidelink communication that thereceiver UE is unable to decode. In some aspects, UE1 and UE2 maycommunicate using a NACK-only HARQ feedback configuration, in which atransmitter UE (e.g., UE1 or UE2) does not transmit HARQ feedback forsidelink communications that are successfully received and decoded, andonly transmits a NACK for sidelink communications that the receiver UEis unable to decode.

In some aspects, UE1 may be configured to provide HARQ feedback to UE2based at least in part on whether a distance between UE1 and UE2satisfies a distance threshold, and/or whether a signal strengthmeasurement associated with UE2 satisfies a signal strength threshold.For example, UE1 may be configured to provide HARQ feedback to UE2 basedat least in part on determining that the distance between UE1 and UE2satisfies the distance threshold or does not satisfy the distancethreshold. UE1 may determine the distance based at least in part on around-trip time (RTT) and/or another type of distance measurement, mayreceive an indication of the distance from UE2 and/or another entity,may receive an indication of the location of UE2, and determine thedistance based at least in part on the location of UE2 and the locationof UE1, and/or the like. As another example, UE1 may be configured toprovide HARQ feedback to UE2 based at least in part on determining thatthe signal strength measurement satisfies the signal strength thresholdor does not satisfy the signal strength threshold. UE1 may perform oneor more signal strength measurements, such as an RSRP measurement, anRSSI measurement, and/or the like.

As further shown in FIG. 4A, and by reference number 406, UE1 mayidentify a HARQ feedback occasion and one or more sets of subcarriers inthe HARQ feedback occasion for the HARQ feedback associated with the oneor more sidelink communications. FIGS. 4B and 4C illustrate exampleconfigurations of HARQ feedback occasions. Other examples ofconfigurations for HARQ feedback occasions may be used.

As shown in the example configuration in FIG. 4B, a HARQ feedbackoccasion may include a time-domain duration (e.g., one or more symbols)and a plurality of frequency-domain resources (e.g., a plurality ofsubcarriers) that are reserved for HARQ feedback on the sidelink. Insome aspects, the frame structure of the sidelink may include aplurality of HARQ feedback occasions. The plurality of HARQ feedbackoccasions may be periodic (e.g., may occur at a particular timeinterval), may be configured at particular time-domain locations, and/orthe like. In some aspects, a HARQ feedback occasion may be a multi-slotHARQ feedback occasion in that the HARQ feedback occasion may be used toaggregate HARQ feedback for sidelink communications that weretransmitted in a plurality of subchannels and a plurality of slots thatoccurred prior to the HARQ feedback occasion. In this way, UE1 may use aHARQ feedback occasion to FDM and transmit HARQ feedback for a pluralityof slots and a plurality of sub channels.

The plurality of slots corresponding to a HARQ feedback occasion may bereferred to as a transmission period for the HARQ feedback occasion.HARQ feedback for sidelink communications that were transmitted duringthe transmission period may be transmitted in the HARQ feedback occasionassociated with the transmission period. In the example illustrated inFIG. 4B, the transmission period for the example HARQ feedback occasionmay span 2 slots and 10 subchannels. In this example, the transmissionperiod for the example HARQ feedback occasion may include 20time-frequency resources (e.g., subchannel/slot 0 throughsubchannel/slot 19) in which sidelink communications may be transmitted.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the HARQ feedback occasion in which totransmit HARQ feedback for a sidelink communication based at least inpart a time-domain resource location of the sidelink communication(e.g., a slot in which the sidelink communication was received, the lastor ending slot of a multi-slot sidelink communication, and/or the like).For example, UE1 may determine that the time-domain resource location ofthe sidelink communication (e.g., the slot in which the sidelinkcommunication was received, a first or starting slot of a multi-slotsidelink communication, a last or ending slot of a multi-slot sidelinkcommunication, and/or the like) is mapped to a particular HARQ feedbackoccasion (e.g., is included in a transmission period associated with theHARQ feedback occasion). As another example, UE1 may determine the HARQfeedback occasion based at least in part on a HARQ feedback processingcapability of the UE (e.g., an amount of time that UE1 takes todetermine and transmit HARQ feedback for a sidelink communication). As afurther example, UE1 may determine the HARQ feedback occasion based atleast in part on a HARQ feedback delay parameter configured for thewireless network (e.g., a system-wide delay between receiving a sidelinkcommunication and transmitting HARQ feedback for the sidelinkcommunication). Accordingly, UE1 may determine the HARQ feedbackoccasion to be the next HARQ feedback occasion that occurs in thetime-domain relative to when the sidelink communication was received ormay determine the HARQ feedback occasion as a HARQ feedback occasionthat occurs m slots after the slot in which the sidelink communicationwas received.

As further shown in FIG. 4B, the plurality of frequency-domain resourcesin the HARQ feedback occasion may be partitioned into a plurality ofsets of subcarriers. As an example, the HARQ feedback occasion mayinclude a first set of subcarriers 0, a second set of subcarriers 1, andso on. The plurality of sets of subcarriers may be frequency divisionmultiplexed in the HARQ feedback occasion. Each set of subcarriers mayinclude a respective plurality of subcarriers. In some aspects, aplurality of subcarriers, included in a set of subcarriers in the HARQfeedback occasion, may be exclusive to the set of subcarriers. In thiscase, no subcarrier, included in the plurality of subcarriers, isincluded in another set of subcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion.Moreover, in the example configuration illustrated in FIG. 4B, theplurality of subcarriers in a set of subcarriers may be non-contiguoussubcarriers that are spaced apart to form a frequency comb in the HARQfeedback occasion. The plurality of subcarriers in a set of subcarriersmay be unevenly spaced apart (e.g., some subcarriers in the set ofsubcarriers may be spaced apart by a different number of subcarriersrelative to other subcarriers in the set of subcarriers) across thefrequency bandwidth for the HARQ feedback occasion, the plurality ofsubcarriers in a set of subcarriers may be evenly spaced apart acrossthe frequency bandwidth for the HARQ feedback occasion, or a combinationthereof.

In some aspects, each set of subcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasionmay be associated with a time-frequency resource in the transmissionperiod associated with the HARQ feedback occasion. UE1 may receive aHARQ configuration (e.g., from UE2, from another UE, from a BS in thewireless network, and/or the like) that identifies the mapping betweensets of subcarriers and time-frequency resources, may be hard coded withthe HARQ configuration (e.g., the HARQ configuration may be stored onUE1 prior to UE1 being deployed in the wireless network), and/or thelike. Accordingly, UE1 may identify a set of subcarriers, in the HARQfeedback occasion, for transmitting HARQ feedback for a sidelinkcommunication based at least in part on the time-domain resource (e.g.,slot) and the frequency-domain resource (e.g., subchannel) in which thesidelink communication was received.

As an example of the above, subchannel/slot 0 may be associated with setof subcarriers 0, subchannel/slot 1 may be associated with set ofsubcarriers 1, subchannel/slot 2 may be associated with set ofsubcarriers 2, subchannel/slot 3 may be associated with set ofsubcarriers 3, and so on. In some aspects, time-frequency resources in atransmission period may be assigned sets of subcarriers in acolumn-major (e.g., as illustrated in FIG. 4B), in which all of thetime-frequency resources in a slot are mapped to sets of subcarriersbefore proceeding to the next slot to map time-frequency resources tosets of subcarriers. In some aspects, time-frequency resources in atransmission period may be assigned sets of subcarriers in a row-majorin which all of the time-frequency resources in a subchannel intransmission period are mapped to sets of subcarriers before proceedingto the next subchannel to map time-frequency resources to sets ofsubcarriers.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the set of subcarriers in which totransmit HARQ feedback for a sidelink communication based at least inpart on the time-frequency resource in which the sidelink communicationwas received. In this case, HARQ feedback for each sidelinkcommunication may be associated with a respective set of subcarriers.For example, UE1 may identify set of subcarriers 0 for HARQ feedback fora sidelink communication that was received in subchannel/slot 0, mayidentify set of subcarriers 1 for HARQ feedback for a sidelinkcommunication that was received in subchannel/slot 1, may identify setof subcarriers 2 for HARQ feedback for a sidelink communication that wasreceived in subchannel/slot 2, and so on. Accordingly, UE1 may identifyrespective sets of subcarriers, in the HARQ feedback occasion, in whichto transmit HARQ feedback for one or more sidelink communications basedat least in part on the time-frequency resources in which the one ormore sidelink communications were received.

In some aspects, the transmission of a sidelink communication may span aplurality of slots. In this case, the sidelink communication may bereferred to as a multi-slot sidelink communication. UE1 may determinethe set of subcarriers for the HARQ feedback for a multi-slot sidelinkcommunication may be determined based at least in part on the first orstarting slot for the multi-slot sidelink communication or may bedetermined based at least in part on a last or ending slot for themulti-slot sidelink communication.

As shown in the example configuration in FIG. 4C, the plurality ofsubcarriers in a set of subcarriers may be contiguous subcarriers. Forexample, the plurality of subcarriers included in set of subcarriers 0may form a group of contiguous and/or consecutive subcarriers, theplurality of subcarriers included in set of subcarriers 1 may formanother group of contiguous and/or consecutive subcarriers, and so on.The groups of contiguous subcarriers may be non-overlapping such thatany subcarrier in the HARQ feedback occasion is included in only one setof subcarriers.

As shown in FIG. 4D, and by reference number 408, UE1 may identify atleast a subset of HARQ feedback for the plurality of HARQ feedback. UE1may identify a subset of HARQ feedback due to various causes. Forexample, if UE1 is scheduled to provide the plurality of HARQ feedbackin the HARQ feedback occasion, UE1 may determine that UE1 is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion (e.g., based at least in part on a HARQ processingcapability of UE1). Accordingly, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQfeedback that UE1 may be capable of transmitting in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

As another example, if UE1 is scheduled to provide the plurality of HARQfeedback in the HARQ feedback occasion, UE1 may determine that UE1 thatis not permitted to transmit all of the plurality of HARQ feedback inthe HARQ feedback occasion (e.g., based at least in part on a parameterthat specifies a maximum number of HARQ feedback that may be configuredby a BS and/or another component in the wireless network). Accordingly,UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback that UE1 may be permittedto transmit in the HARQ feedback occasion.

As another example, UE1 may detect a collision between two or moresidelink communications and/or a HARQ feedback collision associated withthe two or more sidelink communications. In this case, UE1 may receivetwo more sidelink communications, from a plurality of UEs, in the sametime-domain resource and frequency domain-resource (e.g., which may bereferred to as a collision). Since, the time-domain resource andfrequency domain-resource may be mapped to a set of subcarriers in theHARQ feedback occasion, and since UE1 may be permitted to provide HARQfeedback for only one sidelink communication in a set of subcarriers,the two or more sidelink communications may cause a HARQ feedbackcollision. Accordingly, UE1 may determine whether to drop or discard oneor more of the sidelink communications such that HARQ feedback for theremaining sidelink communication is included in the subset of HARQfeedback.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback for theplurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one or moreparameters for identifying the subset of HARQ feedback. In some aspects,the one or more parameters may be included in the HARQ configurationdescribed above, in another configuration that is received at and/orhard coded for UE1, and/or the like. UE1 may determine, based at leastin part on the one or more parameters, which HARQ feedback of theplurality of HARQ feedback is to be included in the subset of HARQfeedback for transmission in the HARQ feedback occasion.

In some aspects, the one or more parameters may include a parameter forpriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, aparameter for distance between UE1 and the UEs that transmitted theplurality of sidelink communications (e.g., UE2 and/or other UEs), aparameter for one or more signal measurements associated with the UEsthat transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications, a parameterfor frequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, aparameter for transmission mode associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications, and/or the like.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on respective priorities associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications, using various techniques. In someaspects, the priorities may include a channel priority or another typeof priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications.For example, UE1 may determine that a priority associated with a firstsidelink communication is higher relative to a priority associated witha second sidelink communication, and may identify or select the HARQfeedback for the first sidelink communication to be included in thesubset of HARQ feedback. As another example, the parameter for priorityassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications may indicatethat UE1 is to start with HARQ feedback for sidelink communicationshaving the highest priority, and is to identify or select HARQ feedbackassociated with sidelink communications of gradually decreasing priorityuntil the subset of HARQ feedback fills the number of HARQ feedback thatUE1 is capable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedbackoccasion. As another example, the parameter for priority associated withthe plurality of sidelink communications may indicate that UE1 is toidentify or select HARQ feedback associated with sidelink communicationsthat have a priority that satisfies a priority threshold.

In some aspects, UE1 may determine the priority for a sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications based at leastin part on SCI associated with the sidelink communication. For example,the SCI may be included in a control portion associated with the dataportion of the sidelink communication, and the SCI may include a fieldor value that indicates or specifies the priority of the sidelinkcommunication.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on respective distances between UE1 and the UEs thattransmitted the plurality of sidelink communications. For example, UE1may determine that a distance between UE1 and a first UE thattransmitted a first sidelink communication is greater relative to adistance between UE1 and a second UE that transmitted a second sidelinkcommunication, and may identify or select the HARQ feedback for thefirst sidelink communication to be included in the subset of HARQfeedback based at least in part on the distance between UE1 and thefirst UE being greater than the distance between UE1 and the second UE.As another example, UE1 may determine that a distance between UE1 and afirst UE that transmitted a first sidelink communication is shorterrelative to a distance between UE1 and a second UE that transmitted asecond sidelink communication, and may identify or select the HARQfeedback for the first sidelink communication to be included in thesubset of HARQ feedback based at least in part on the distance betweenUE1 and the first UE being shorter than the distance between UE1 and thesecond UE.

As another example, the parameter for distance between UE1 and the UEsthat transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications may indicatethat UE1 is to start with HARQ feedback for sidelink communicationsassociated with UEs being the greatest distance from UE1, and is toidentify or select HARQ feedback associated with sidelink communicationsassociated with UEs of gradually decreasing distance from UE1 until thesubset of HARQ feedback fills the number of HARQ feedback that UE1 iscapable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedback occasion. Asanother example, the parameter for distance between UE1 and the UEs thattransmitted the plurality of sidelink communications may indicate thatUE1 is to start with HARQ feedback for sidelink communicationsassociated with UEs being the shortest distance from UE1, and is toidentify or select HARQ feedback associated with sidelink communicationsassociated with UEs of gradually increasing distance from UE1 until thesubset of HARQ feedback fills the number of HARQ feedback that UE1 iscapable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedback occasion.

As another example, the parameter for distance between UE1 and the UEsthat transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications may indicatethat UE1 is to identify or select HARQ feedback associated with sidelinkcommunications associated with UEs that are a distance from UE1 thatsatisfies a distance threshold or does not satisfy a distance threshold.In some aspects, UE1 may determine the distance between UE1 and the UEsthat transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications based at leastin part on respective RTTs and/or another type of distance measurementassociated with the UEs.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on respective signal measurements (e.g., signal strength,RSRP, RSSI, RSRP, CQI, and/or the like) associated with the UEs thattransmitted the plurality of sidelink communications. For example, UE1may determine that a first signal measurement associated with a first UEthat transmitted a first sidelink communication is greater relative to asecond signal measurement associated with a second UE that transmitted asecond sidelink communication, and may identify or select the HARQfeedback for the first sidelink communication to be included in thesubset of HARQ feedback based at least in part on the first signalmeasurement being greater relative to the second signal measurement. Asanother example, UE1 may determine that a first signal measurementassociated with a first UE that transmitted a first sidelinkcommunication is lesser relative to a second signal measurementassociated with a second UE that transmitted a second sidelinkcommunication, and may identify or select the HARQ feedback for thefirst sidelink communication to be included in the subset of HARQfeedback based at least in part on the first signal measurement beinglesser relative to the second signal measurement.

As another example, the parameter for one or more signal measurementsassociated with the UEs that transmitted the plurality of sidelinkcommunications may indicate that UE1 is to start with HARQ feedback forsidelink communications associated with UEs that have the greatestsignal measurements, and is to identify or select HARQ feedbackassociated with sidelink communications associated with UEs of graduallydecreasing signal measurements until the subset of HARQ feedback fillsthe number of HARQ feedback that UE1 is capable and/or permitted totransmit in the HARQ feedback occasion. As another example, theparameter for one or more signal measurements associated with the UEsthat transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications may indicatethat UE1 is to start with HARQ feedback for sidelink communicationsassociated with UEs having the lowest (e.g., weakest) signalmeasurements, and is to identify or select HARQ feedback associated withsidelink communications associated with UEs of gradually increasingsignal measurements until the subset of HARQ feedback fills the numberof HARQ feedback that UE1 is capable and/or permitted to transmit in theHARQ feedback occasion.

As another example, the parameter for one or more signal measurementsassociated with the UEs that transmitted the plurality of sidelinkcommunications may indicate that UE1 is to identify or select HARQfeedback associated with sidelink communications associated with UEsthat have a signal measurement that satisfies a signal measurementthreshold or does not satisfy a signal measurement threshold.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on respective transmission modes associated with theplurality of sidelink communications using various techniques. Forexample, the parameter for transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications may specify or indicate that UE1 isto identify or select HARQ feedback associated with sidelinkcommunications that were transmitted with a particular transmission modeor were transmitted with a transmission mode of one or more particulartransmission modes. A transmission mode may include a unicasttransmission mode, a groupcast transmission mode, a multicasttransmission mode, a broadcast transmission mode, and/or the like. Asanother example, the parameter for transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications may specify or indicate a hierarchyof transmission modes (e.g., unicast>groupcast>multicast>broadcast,and/or another hierarchy), and UE1 may identify or select HARQ feedbackassociated with sidelink communications by traversing down the hierarchyuntil the subset of HARQ feedback fills the number of HARQ feedback thatUE1 is capable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on frequency-domain locations (e.g., subcarriers, sets ofsubcarriers, and/or the like) of the plurality of HARQ feedback in theHARQ feedback occasion using various techniques. For example, theparameter for frequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQfeedback may specify or indicate that UE1 is to identify or select HARQfeedback such that the subset of HARQ feedback is grouped together inthe HARQ feedback occasion and/or such that the subset of HARQ feedbackresults in a minimized number of HARQ feedback clusters or groups in theHARQ feedback occasion.

FIG. 4E illustrates an example of the parameter for frequency-domainlocation of the plurality of HARQ feedback. As shown in FIG. 4E, UE1 hasidentified or selected the HARQ feedback that is to be transmitted inset of subcarriers 1 and set of subcarriers 3 in the HARQ feedbackoccasion. As described above, the parameter for frequency-domainlocation of the plurality of HARQ feedback may indicate that UE1 is toidentify or select HARQ feedback such that the subset of HARQ feedbackis grouped together in the HARQ feedback occasion and/or such that thesubset of HARQ feedback results in a minimized number of HARQ feedbackclusters or groups in the HARQ feedback occasion. Accordingly, for theparameter for frequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQfeedback, UE1 may determine that the HARQ feedback that is to betransmitted in set of subcarriers 2 is the highest priority because setof subcarriers 1 through set of subcarriers 3 are contiguous and/orconsecutive, and result in a single group or cluster of HARQ feedback inthe HARQ feedback occasion. UE1 may determine that the HARQ feedbackthat is to be transmitted in set of subcarriers 4 is the second highestpriority because subcarriers 3 and 4 are contiguous and/or consecutive,and result in two groups or clusters of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion (e.g., set of subcarriers 1 being one group or clusterand set of subcarriers 3 and set of subcarriers 4 being another group orcluster). UE1 may determine that the HARQ feedback that is to betransmitted in set of subcarriers 5, and the HARQ feedback that is to betransmitted in set of subcarriers 6, are of equal priority and are thelowest priority because set of subcarriers 5 and set of subcarriers 6result in three groups or clusters of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

In some aspects, UE1 may identify the subset of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on a single parameter described above, or on a combinationof parameters of the one or more parameters described above. In aspectswhere UE1 identifies the subset of HARQ feedback based at least in parton a combination of parameters of the one or more parameters, the HARQconfiguration (and/or another configuration) may indicate a hierarchyfor applying the one or more parameters.

For example, the hierarchy may indicate that UE1 is to apply theparameter for priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications first and the parameter for distance between UE1 and theUEs that transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications second. Inthis case, if UE1 applies the parameter for priority associated with theplurality of sidelink communications and determines that the subset ofHARQ feedback still does not fit within the number of HARQ feedback thatUE1 is capable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedbackoccasion, UE1 may apply the parameter for distance between UE1 and theUEs that transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications toidentify or select HARQ feedback between sidelink communications of thesame priority.

As another example, the hierarchy may indicate that UE1 is to apply theparameter for priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications first and the parameter for one or more signalmeasurements associated with the UEs that transmitted the plurality ofsidelink communications second. In this case, if UE1 applies theparameter for priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications and determines that the subset of HARQ feedback stilldoes not fit within the number of HARQ feedback that UE1 is capableand/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedback occasion, UE1 mayapply the parameter for one or more signal measurements associated withthe UEs that transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications toidentify or select HARQ feedback between sidelink communications of thesame priority.

As another example, the hierarchy may indicate that UE1 is to apply theparameter for priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications first and the parameter for transmission mode associatedwith the plurality of sidelink communications second. In this case, ifUE1 applies the parameter for priority associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications and determines that the subset of HARQ feedbackstill does not fit within the number of HARQ feedback that UE1 iscapable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedback occasion, UE1may apply the parameter for transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications to identify or select HARQ feedbackbetween sidelink communications of the same priority.

As another example, the hierarchy may indicate that UE1 is to apply theparameter for priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications first and the parameter for frequency-domain location ofthe plurality of HARQ feedback second. In this case, if UE1 applies theparameter for priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications and determines that the subset of HARQ feedback stilldoes not fit within the number of HARQ feedback that UE1 is capableand/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedback occasion, UE1 mayapply the parameter for frequency-domain location of the plurality ofHARQ feedback to identify or select HARQ feedback between sidelinkcommunications of the same priority.

As another example, the hierarchy may indicate that UE1 is to apply theparameter for transmission mode associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications first and the parameter for priority associatedwith the plurality of sidelink communications second. In this case, ifUE1 applies the parameter for transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications and determines that the subset ofHARQ feedback still does not fit within the number of HARQ feedback thatUE1 is capable and/or permitted to transmit in the HARQ feedbackoccasion, UE1 may apply the parameter for priority associated with theplurality of sidelink communications to identify or select HARQ feedbackbetween sidelink communications of the same transmission mode. Similarhierarchies, where the parameter for transmission mode associated withthe plurality of sidelink communications is applied first, and one ormore of the parameter for priority associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications, the parameter for one or more signalmeasurements associated with the UEs that transmitted the plurality ofsidelink communications, or the parameter for distance between UE1 andthe UEs that transmitted the plurality of sidelink communications areapplied after the parameter for transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications is applied.

The hierarchies described above for applying the one or more parametersare examples, and other examples of hierarchies for applying the one ormore parameters (and/or other parameters) may be used to identify orselect the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback.

As shown in FIG. 4F, and by reference number 410, UE1 may transmit, onthe sidelink, the at least the subset of HARQ feedback using the one ormore sets of subcarriers of the HARQ feedback occasion that areassociated with the sidelink communications corresponding to the subsetof HARQ feedback. For example, UE1 may transmit HARQ feedback for afirst sidelink communication in a first set of subcarriers identifiedfor the first sidelink communication, may transmit HARQ feedback for asecond sidelink communication in a second set of subcarriers identifiedfor the second sidelink communication, and so on. The UE may transmitthe subset of HARQ feedback in one or more HARQ feedback communicationsto UE2 and/or to other UEs that transmitted the sidelink communicationscorresponding to the subset of HARQ feedback. In some aspects, UE1 maytransmit the HARQ feedback communications on a feedback channel, such asa physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) and/or another type ofchannel. In some aspects, the transmission of HARQ feedback for asidelink communication may be considered a separate feedback channelfrom HARQ feedback for other sidelink communications. In some aspects,the collective transmissions of HARQ feedback for the one or moresidelink communications may be considered a feedback channel.

In this way, UE1 may receive a plurality of sidelink communications on asidelink and from one or more other UEs (e.g., UE2 and/or other UEs). IfUE1 determines that UE1 is not capable and/or permitted to transmit HARQfeedback for all of the sidelink communications in a HARQ feedbackoccasion, UE1 may identify a subset of HARQ feedback to transmit in theHARQ feedback occasion using the techniques described herein. In thisway, UE1 is capable of multiplexing HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedbackoccasion, is capable of identifying subsets of HARQ feedback tomultiplex in a HARQ feedback occasion, and/or the like.

As indicated above, FIGS. 4A-4F are provided as one or more examples.Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to FIGS.4A-4F.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example process 500 performed, forexample, by a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the presentdisclosure. Example process 500 is an example where a UE (e.g., UE 120)performs operations associated with techniques for transmitting sidelinkHARQ feedback.

As shown in FIG. 5, in some aspects, process 500 may include determininga plurality of HARQ feedback for a plurality of sidelink communications(block 510). For example, the UE (e.g., using receive processor 258,transmit processor 264, controller/processor 280, memory 282, and/or thelike) may determine a plurality of HARQ feedback for a plurality ofsidelink communications, as described above.

As further shown in FIG. 5, in some aspects, process 500 may includeidentifying at least a subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality ofHARQ feedback based at least in part on one or more parameters (block520). For example, the UE (e.g., using receive processor 258, transmitprocessor 264, controller/processor 280, memory 282, and/or the like)may identify at least a subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality ofHARQ feedback based at least in part on one or more parameters, asdescribed above.

As further shown in FIG. 5, in some aspects, process 500 may includetransmitting, on a sidelink, the at least the subset of HARQ feedback ina HARQ feedback occasion (block 530). For example, the UE (e.g., usingreceive processor 258, transmit processor 264, controller/processor 280,memory 282, and/or the like) may transmit, on a sidelink, the at leastthe subset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion, as describedabove.

Process 500 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect orany combination of aspects described below and/or in connection with oneor more other processes described elsewhere herein.

In a first aspect, identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying the at leastthe subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on at least one of determining that the UE is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion, determining that the UE is not permitted to transmitall of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback occasion,detecting a collision between two or more sidelink communications of theplurality of sidelink communications, or detecting a HARQ feedbackcollision in the HARQ feedback occasion. In a second aspect, alone or incombination with the first aspect, each HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises a NACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, a HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises a NACK or an ACK associated with a respective sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications. In a fourthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughthird aspects, process 500 further comprises identifying the HARQfeedback occasion from a plurality of periodic HARQ feedback occasionsbased at least in part on a time-domain resource location of theplurality of sidelink communications and a HARQ feedback delayparameter. In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or moreof the first through fourth aspects, process 500 further comprisesidentifying, for the plurality of HARQ feedback, respective sets ofsubcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion based at least in part onrespective subchannels, of the sidelink, associated with the pluralityof sidelink communications.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise at least oneof a priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications,a distance between the UE and one or more other UEs, one or more signalmeasurements associated with the one or more UEs, a frequency-domainlocation of the plurality of HARQ feedback, or a transmission modeassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications. In a seventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughsixth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise a priority associatedwith the plurality of sidelink communications, a priority associatedwith a first sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications is higher relative to a priority associated with a secondsidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining that the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is higher relative to the priority associatedwith the second sidelink communication.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is indicated in SCI associated with the firstsidelink communication. In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through eighth aspects, the one or moreparameters comprise a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and one or more other UEs,where a priority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a distance between the UE and a first other UE of one or moreother UEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and a secondother UE of one or more other UEs and identifying the first HARQfeedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining whether the distance between the UE and the first other UEis shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UEand the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance between theUE and the second other UE comprises determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thedistance between the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative tothe distance between the UE and the second other UE. In an eleventhaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughtenth aspects, determining whether the distance between the UE and thefirst other UE is shorter relative to the distance between the UE andthe second other UE comprises determining that the distance between theUE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to the distancebetween the UE and the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQfeedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifying the secondHARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is not shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, andone or more measurements associated with one or more other UEs, where apriority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a signal strength measurement associated with a first other UEof one or more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strengthmeasurement associated with a second other UE of one or more other UEsand identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UEcomprises determining that the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE, and identifying thefirst HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises identifyingthe first HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE. In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination withone or more of the first through thirteenth aspects, determining whetherthe signal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE comprises determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE,and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is not greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, where a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, andidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in part ondetermining that the priority associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the priority associated with the second sidelinkcommunication are the same priority, the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback based at least in part on a transmission modeassociated with the first sidelink communication and a transmission modeassociated with the second sidelink communication. In a sixteenthaspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first throughfifteenth aspects, the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication comprise at least one of a unicasttransmission mode, a groupcast transmission mode, a multicasttransmission mode, or a broadcast transmission mode.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise apriority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, and afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, where apriority, associated with a first sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, and a priority, associated with asecond sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, are a same priority, and identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprisesdetermining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback minimizes anumber of HARQ feedback clusters in the HARQ feedback occasion andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback minimizes the number of HARQ feedback clusters inthe HARQ feedback occasion.

In an eighteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventeenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying a first HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback or a second HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on atransmission mode associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, associated with the first HARQfeedback and a transmission mode associated with a second sidelinkcommunication, of the plurality of sidelink communications, associatedwith the second HARQ feedback.

In a nineteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eighteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises identifying, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on apriority associated with the first sidelink communication and a priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication.

In a twentieth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through nineteenth aspects, the one or more parameters comprise atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a distance between the UE and one or more other UEs,a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, and a transmission mode,associated with a second sidelink communication of the plurality ofsidelink communications, are a same transmission mode, and identifyingthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback comprises determining, based at least in part on determiningthat the transmission mode associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and the transmission mode associated with the secondsidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether adistance between the UE and a first other UE of one or more other UEs isshorter relative to a distance between the UE and a second other UE ofone or more other UEs and identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback based at least in part on determining whether thedistance between the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative tothe distance between the UE and the second other UE.

In a twenty-first aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twentieth aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.In a twenty-second aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-first aspects, determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isnot shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.

In a twenty-third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-second aspects, the one or more parameterscomprise a transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with one or moreother UEs, a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises determining, based at least in parton determining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether asignal strength measurement associated with a first other UE of one ormore other UEs is greater relative to a signal strength measurementassociated with a second other UE of one or more other UEs andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-third aspects, determining whether the signalstrength measurement associated with the first other UE is greaterrelative to the signal strength measurement associated with the secondother UE comprises determining that the signal strength measurementassociated with the first other UE is greater relative to the signalstrength measurement associated with the second other UE, andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE. In a twenty-fifth aspect, alone orin combination with one or more of the first through twenty-fourthaspects, determining whether the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE comprises determiningthat the signal strength measurement associated with the first other UEis not greater relative to the signal strength measurement associatedwith the second other UE, and identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises identifying the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.

In a twenty-sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more ofthe first through twenty-fifth aspects, the one or more parametersinclude a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a respective priority, associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications, is indicated in a respective SCIassociated with each of the plurality of sidelink communications. In atwenty-seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twenty-sixth aspects, the one or more parameters includerespective priorities associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedbackcomprises identifying, for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback,HARQ feedback associated with a first sidelink communication, of theplurality of sidelink communications, having a highest priority, andidentifying for the at least the subset of HARQ feedback, HARQ feedbackassociated with one or more second sidelink communications, of theplurality of sidelink communications, in an order of decreasing priorityuntil the at least the subset of HARQ feedback fills a number of HARQfeedback that the UE is capable of transmitting in the HARQ feedbackoccasion.

Although FIG. 5 shows example blocks of process 500, in some aspects,process 500 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, differentblocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in FIG. 5.Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 500may be performed in parallel.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual data flow diagram 600 illustrating data flowbetween different modules/means/components in an example apparatus 602.The apparatus 602 may be a UE (e.g., UE 120). In some aspects, theapparatus 602 includes a reception component 604, a determiningcomponent 606, an identifying component 608, and a transmissioncomponent 610.

Reception component 604 may receive a plurality of sidelinkcommunications 612 from one or more UEs 616 (e.g., UE 120). For example,reception component 604 may receive sidelink communications 612 on asidelink. In some aspects, reception component 604 may include anantenna (e.g., antenna 252), a receive processor (e.g., receiveprocessor 258), a controller/processor (e.g., controller/processor 280),a transceiver, a receiver, and/or the like.

Determining component 606 may determine HARQ feedback for sidelinkcommunications 612. For example, determining component 606 may determinewhether to transmit an ACK or a NACK for each of sidelink communications612. In some aspects, determining component 606 may include a processor(e.g., controller/processor 280, receive processor 258, and/or thelike).

Identifying component 608 may identify at least a subset of HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part onone or more parameters. For example, identifying component 608 mayidentify the at least the subset of HARQ feedback based at least in parton determining (and/or another component of apparatus 602 determining)that apparatus 602 is not capable of transmitting all of the pluralityof HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion, determining that apparatus602 is not permitted to transmit all of the plurality of HARQ feedbackin the HARQ feedback occasion, detecting a collision between two or moresidelink communications 612, detecting a HARQ feedback collision in theHARQ feedback occasion, and/or the like. In some aspects, the one ormore parameters may include, for example, a priority associated witheach of sidelink communications 612, a distance between apparatus 602and UEs 616, one or more signal measurements associated with UEs 616, afrequency-domain location of the plurality of HARQ feedback, atransmission mode associated with sidelink communications 612, and/orthe like. In some aspects, identifying component 608 may include aprocessor (e.g., controller/processor 280, receive processor 258, and/orthe like).

Transmission component 610 may transmit, to at least one of UEs 616 andon a sidelink, the at least the subset of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion. For example, transmission component 610 may transmitthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback in one or more HARQ feedbackcommunications 614. In some aspects, transmission component 610 mayinclude an antenna (e.g., antenna 252), a transmit processor (e.g.,transmit processor 264), a controller/processor (e.g.,controller/processor 280), a transceiver, a transmitter, and/or thelike.

Apparatus 602 may include additional components that perform each of theblocks of the algorithm in the aforementioned process 500 of FIG. 5and/or the like. Each block in the aforementioned process 500 of FIG. 5and/or the like may be performed by a component and the apparatus mayinclude one or more of those components. The components may be one ormore hardware components specifically configured to carry out the statedprocesses/algorithm, implemented by a processor configured to performthe stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable mediumfor implementation by a processor, or some combination thereof.

The number and arrangement of components shown in FIG. 6 are provided asan example. In practice, there may be additional components, fewercomponents, different components, or differently arranged componentsthan those shown in FIG. 6. Furthermore, two or more components shown inFIG. 6 may be implemented within a single component, or a singlecomponent shown in FIG. 6 may be implemented as multiple, distributedcomponents. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of components (e.g.,one or more components) shown in FIG. 6 may perform one or morefunctions described as being performed by another set of componentsshown in FIG. 6.

The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but isnot intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the preciseform disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light of theabove disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the aspects.

Further disclosure is included in the appendix. The appendix is providedas an example only, and is to be considered part of the specification. Adefinition, illustration, or other description in the appendix does notsupersede or override similar information included in the detaileddescription or figures. Furthermore, a definition, illustration, orother description in the detailed description or figures does notsupersede or override similar information included in the appendix.Furthermore, the appendix is not intended to limit the disclosure ofpossible aspects.

As used herein, the term “component” is intended to be broadly construedas hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software. Asused herein, a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, and/or acombination of hardware and software.

As used herein, satisfying a threshold may, depending on the context,refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equalto the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to thethreshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, and/orthe like.

It will be apparent that systems and/or methods described herein may beimplemented in different forms of hardware, firmware, and/or acombination of hardware and software. The actual specialized controlhardware or software code used to implement these systems and/or methodsis not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of thesystems and/or methods were described herein without reference tospecific software code—it being understood that software and hardwarecan be designed to implement the systems and/or methods based, at leastin part, on the description herein.

Even though particular combinations of features are recited in theclaims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are notintended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. In fact, many ofthese features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in theclaims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependentclaim listed below may directly depend on only one claim, the disclosureof various aspects includes each dependent claim in combination withevery other claim in the claim set. A phrase referring to “at least oneof” a list of items refers to any combination of those items, includingsingle members. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intendedto cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combinationwith multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c,a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or any other ordering ofa, b, and c).

No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed ascritical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as usedherein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or moreitems, and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Furthermore,as used herein, the terms “set” and “group” are intended to include oneor more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination ofrelated and unrelated items, and/or the like), and may be usedinterchangeably with “one or more.” Where only one item is intended, thephrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, theterms “has,” “have,” “having,” and/or the like are intended to beopen-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean“based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of wireless communication performed by auser equipment (UE), comprising: determining a plurality of hybridautomatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a plurality of sidelinkcommunications; identifying at least a subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one or moreparameters; and transmitting, on a sidelink, the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of: a priorityassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications, a distancebetween the UE and one or more other UEs, one or more signalmeasurements associated with the one or more UEs, a frequency-domainlocation of the plurality of HARQ feedback, or a transmission modeassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications.
 3. The methodof claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise: a priorityassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications; wherein apriority associated with a first sidelink communication of the pluralityof sidelink communications is higher relative to a priority associatedwith a second sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, wherein the first sidelink communication is associatedwith a first HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback, andwherein the second sidelink communication is associated with a secondHARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback; and wherein identifyingthe at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback comprises: identifying the first HARQ feedback based at leastin part on determining that the priority associated with the firstsidelink communication is higher relative to the priority associatedwith the second sidelink communication.
 4. The method of claim 1,wherein the one or more parameters include a priority associated withthe plurality of sidelink communications; and wherein a respectivepriority, associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, is indicated in a respective sidelink controlinformation (SCI) associated with each of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or moreparameters include respective priorities associated with each of theplurality of sidelink communications; and wherein identifying the atleast the subset of HARQ feedback comprises: identifying, for the atleast the subset of HARQ feedback, HARQ feedback associated with a firstsidelink communication, of the plurality of sidelink communications,having a highest priority; and identifying for the at least the subsetof HARQ feedback, HARQ feedback associated with one or more secondsidelink communications, of the plurality of sidelink communications, inan order of decreasing priority until the at least the subset of HARQfeedback fills a number of HARQ feedback that the UE is capable oftransmitting in the HARQ feedback occasion.
 6. The method of claim 1,wherein identifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback comprises: identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based atleast in part on at least one of: determining that the UE is not capableof transmitting all of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQfeedback occasion, determining that the UE is not permitted to transmitall of the plurality of HARQ feedback in the HARQ feedback occasion,detecting a collision between two or more sidelink communications of theplurality of sidelink communications, or detecting a HARQ feedbackcollision in the HARQ feedback occasion.
 7. The method of claim 1wherein a HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises: anegative acknowledgement (NACK) or an acknowledgement (ACK) associatedwith a respective sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications.
 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:identifying the HARQ feedback occasion from a plurality of periodic HARQfeedback occasions based at least in part on: a time-domain resourcelocation of the plurality of sidelink communications, and a HARQfeedback delay parameter.
 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:identifying, for the plurality of HARQ feedback, respective sets ofsubcarriers in the HARQ feedback occasion based at least in part onrespective subchannels, of the sidelink, associated with the pluralityof sidelink communications.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the oneor more parameters comprise: a priority associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications, and a distance between the UE and one or moreother UEs; wherein a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, wherein thefirst sidelink communication is associated with a first HARQ feedback ofthe plurality of HARQ feedback, and wherein the second sidelinkcommunication is associated with a second HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback; and wherein identifying the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises:determining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a distance between the UE and a first other UE of the one ormore other UEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and asecond other UE of the one or more other UEs; and identifying the firstHARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining whether the distance between the UE and the first other UEis shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second otherUE.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises: determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE; andwherein identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises: identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.12. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises: determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE; andwherein identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises: identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in parton determining that the distance between the UE and the first other UEis not shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the secondother UE.
 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameterscomprise: a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with one or moreother UEs; wherein a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, wherein thefirst sidelink communication is associated with a first HARQ feedback ofthe plurality of HARQ feedback, and wherein the second sidelinkcommunication is associated with a second HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback; and wherein identifying the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises:determining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether a signal strength measurement associated with a first other UEof the one or more other UEs is greater relative to a signal strengthmeasurement associated with a second other UE of the one or more otherUEs; and identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE. 14.The method of claim 13, wherein determining whether the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UEcomprises: determining that the signal strength measurement associatedwith the first other UE is greater relative to the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the second other UE; and wherein identifyingthe first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises:identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE.
 15. The method of claim 13, whereindetermining whether the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE comprises: determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE is notgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE; and wherein identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises: identifying the second HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is not greater relativeto the signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE.16. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise:a priority associated with the plurality of sidelink communications, anda transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications; wherein a priority, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and apriority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, wherein thefirst sidelink communication is associated with a first HARQ feedback ofthe plurality of HARQ feedback, and wherein the second sidelinkcommunication is associated with a second HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback; and wherein identifying the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises:identifying, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based at least inpart on a transmission mode associated with the first sidelinkcommunication and a transmission mode associated with the secondsidelink communication.
 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the one ormore parameters comprise: a priority associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications, and a frequency-domain location of theplurality of HARQ feedback; wherein a priority, associated with a firstsidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications, anda priority, associated with a second sidelink communication of theplurality of sidelink communications, are a same priority, wherein thefirst sidelink communication is associated with a first HARQ feedback ofthe plurality of HARQ feedback, and wherein the second sidelinkcommunication is associated with a second HARQ feedback of the pluralityof HARQ feedback; and wherein identifying the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises:determining, based at least in part on determining that the priorityassociated with the first sidelink communication and the priorityassociated with the second sidelink communication are the same priority,whether the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback minimizes anumber of HARQ feedback clusters in the HARQ feedback occasion; andidentifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback based atleast in part on determining whether the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback minimizes the number of HARQ feedback clusters inthe HARQ feedback occasion.
 18. The method of claim 1, wherein the oneor more parameters comprise: a transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications; and wherein identifying the atleast the subset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedbackcomprises: identifying a first HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQfeedback or a second HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on: a transmission mode associated with a firstsidelink communication, of the plurality of sidelink communications,associated with the first HARQ feedback, and a transmission modeassociated with a second sidelink communication, of the plurality ofsidelink communications, associated with the second HARQ feedback. 19.The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise: atransmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a priority associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications; wherein a transmission mode, associated with a firstsidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications, anda transmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,wherein the first sidelink communication is associated with a first HARQfeedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback, and wherein the secondsidelink communication is associated with a second HARQ feedback of theplurality of HARQ feedback; and wherein identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises:identifying, based at least in part on determining that the transmissionmode associated with the first sidelink communication and thetransmission mode associated with the second sidelink communication arethe same transmission mode, the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQfeedback based at least in part on a priority associated with the firstsidelink communication and a priority associated with the secondsidelink communication.
 20. The method of claim 1, wherein the one ormore parameters comprise: a transmission mode associated with theplurality of sidelink communications, and a distance between the UE andone or more other UEs; wherein a transmission mode, associated with afirst sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and a transmission mode, associated with a secondsidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications, area same transmission mode, wherein the first sidelink communication isassociated with a first HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback,and wherein the second sidelink communication is associated with asecond HARQ feedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback; and whereinidentifying the at least the subset of HARQ feedback from the pluralityof HARQ feedback comprises: determining, based at least in part ondetermining that the transmission mode associated with the firstsidelink communication and the transmission mode associated with thesecond sidelink communication are the same transmission mode, whether adistance between the UE and a first other UE of the one or more otherUEs is shorter relative to a distance between the UE and a second otherUE of the one or more other UEs; and identifying the first HARQ feedbackor the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on determiningwhether the distance between the UE and the first other UE is shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.
 21. Themethod of claim 20, wherein determining whether the distance between theUE and the first other UE is shorter relative to the distance betweenthe UE and the second other UE comprises: determining that the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE; and wherein identifyingthe first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedback comprises:identifying the first HARQ feedback based at least in part ondetermining that the distance between the UE and the first other UE isshorter relative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE.22. The method of claim 20, wherein determining whether the distancebetween the UE and the first other UE is shorter relative to thedistance between the UE and the second other UE comprises: determiningthat the distance between the UE and the first other UE is not shorterrelative to the distance between the UE and the second other UE; andwherein identifying the first HARQ feedback or the second HARQ feedbackcomprises: identifying the second HARQ feedback based at least in parton determining that the distance between the UE and the first other UEis not shorter relative to the distance between the UE and the secondother UE.
 23. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameterscomprise: a transmission mode associated with the plurality of sidelinkcommunications, and one or more measurements associated with one or moreother UEs; wherein a transmission mode, associated with a first sidelinkcommunication of the plurality of sidelink communications, and atransmission mode, associated with a second sidelink communication ofthe plurality of sidelink communications, are a same transmission mode,wherein the first sidelink communication is associated with a first HARQfeedback of the plurality of HARQ feedback, and wherein the secondsidelink communication is associated with a second HARQ feedback of theplurality of HARQ feedback; and wherein identifying the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback comprises:determining, based at least in part on determining that the transmissionmode associated with the first sidelink communication and thetransmission mode associated with the second sidelink communication arethe same transmission mode, whether a signal strength measurementassociated with a first other UE of the one or more other UEs is greaterrelative to a signal strength measurement associated with a second otherUE of the one or more other UEs; and identifying the first HARQ feedbackor the second HARQ feedback based at least in part on determiningwhether the signal strength measurement associated with the first otherUE is greater relative to the signal strength measurement associatedwith the second other UE.
 24. The method of claim 23, whereindetermining whether the signal strength measurement associated with thefirst other UE is greater relative to the signal strength measurementassociated with the second other UE comprises: determining that thesignal strength measurement associated with the first other UE isgreater relative to the signal strength measurement associated with thesecond other UE; and wherein identifying the first HARQ feedback or thesecond HARQ feedback comprises: identifying the first HARQ feedbackbased at least in part on determining that the signal strengthmeasurement associated with the first other UE is greater relative tothe signal strength measurement associated with the second other UE. 25.A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: a memory;and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memoryand the one or more processors configured to: determine a plurality ofhybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for a plurality ofsidelink communications; identify at least a subset of HARQ feedbackfrom the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one ormore parameters; and transmit, on a sidelink, the at least the subset ofHARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.
 26. The UE of claim 25,wherein the one or more parameters include a priority associated withthe plurality of sidelink communications.
 27. A non-transitorycomputer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wirelesscommunication, the one or more instructions comprising: one or moreinstructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a userequipment (UE), cause the one or more processors to: determine aplurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for aplurality of sidelink communications; identify at least a subset of HARQfeedback from the plurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part onone or more parameters; and transmit, on a sidelink, the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.
 28. Thenon-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the one ormore parameters include a priority associated with the plurality ofsidelink communications.
 29. An apparatus for wireless communication,comprising: means for determining a plurality of hybrid automatic repeatrequest (HARQ) feedback for a plurality of sidelink communications;means for identifying at least a subset of HARQ feedback from theplurality of HARQ feedback based at least in part on one or moreparameters; and means for transmitting, on a sidelink, the at least thesubset of HARQ feedback in a HARQ feedback occasion.
 30. The apparatusof claim 29, wherein the one or more parameters include a priorityassociated with the plurality of sidelink communications.